Page 18...The Portland Observer.. January 15, 1992
Martin Luther King, Jr. Early Childhood Education
Center Will Be Presenting Its Annual
Commemoration Assembly
A dream . . .
o f equal opportunity for all.
The students and staff at Martin
Luther King, Jr. Early Childhood Edu
cation Center will be presenting its
Annual Commemoration Assembly in
honor of the life and contributions of
the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr,
Traditionally, this annual com
memoration is well attended by the
community, the King staff and stu
dents. Invited city and state dignitaries
include: Nonna Paulus, Mayor “ Bud”
Clark, Portland Public School Super
intendent, Dr. Matthew Prophet, and
King School’s Director of Instruction,
Edith Wilson, as well as other school
and community personalities.
The assembly this year will be
M a rtin Luther K ing saw a better future fo r all races
through equal opportunities.
M u ltn o m a h ESD, which provides programs and
services to schools in the county, is dedicated to the
principle o f nondiscrim ination in employment policies
and hiring practices. Job opportunities arc listed in
The P ortland Observer or call MESD at 255-1841.
Multnomah
Education Service District
held at the Marlin Luther King Cafeto-
rium on Wednesday, January 15, 1992
at 9:30 a.m.
At 10:20 a.m. onThursday, Janu
ary 16, 1992, theFourth Grades will be
marching inside the school and culmi
nating the march at the park adjacent
the school in honor of Dr. Martin Lu
ther King, Jr. There will be a rally at
the park with Dr. Tukufu as the guest
speaker.
The community is cordially in
vited to attend.
’Keep Living The Dream: A Tribute to
Martin Luther King, Jr.’
We are Proud to Serve O ur Com m unity
With Healthcare Career Opportunities
Portland Public Schools and World
Arts Foundation, Inc. join forces to
produce the slate’s largest concert and
program to celebrate the national holi
day established in honor of Martin Luther
King, Jr. This special tribute features a
combination of drama, speeches and
song provided by local leaders, musical
talent, and gospel choirs from metro
politan Portland and a guest appear
ance of Total Experience Choir from
Seattle.
“ Keep Living the Dream” will be
presented at Jefferson High Performing
Arts Center on Monday, January 20,
1992, 12:00 noon till 6:00 p.m. The
entire concert and program will be
broadcast live on KBOO (90.7 FM) and
on Paragon Cable Television.
The purpose of the program is to
showcase the talents of students in the
Portland Public Schools and the crea-
A Lutheran-Affiliated Center of Caring A Excellence
The Honorable Constance Motley,
the first black woman federal judge,
will . peak, Tuesday, Jan. 21,4 to 5:30
p.m., in the Student Lounge of the
Northwestern School of Law of Lewis
& Clark College, 10015 SW Terwil-
liger Blvd. Motley, who has played a
key role in civil rights activities, will
discuss civil liberty trends in the Su
preme court.
Motley has played a key role in
civil rights activities and was one of the
lawyers who helped write the briefs
filed in the U.S. Supreme court in the
leading school desegregation case:
Brown v. Board o f Education in 1954.
She won nine of the 10 cases she
argued before the U.S. Supreme Court
that were of key importance in sesulted
in the admission of James Meredith to
the University of Mississippi was one
of those cases.
In 1964, Motley was the first black
woman to be elected to the New York
Senate. In 1965, she became the first
woman to serve as President of the
Borough of Manhattan.
Motley was nominated by Presi
dent Johnson to become a judge of the
U.S. District Court for the Southern
District of New York on Jan. 25,1966.
She was the first woman appointed to
the Southern District bench and the
first black woman appointed to the fed
eral judiciary. The Southern District of
New York is the largest federal trial
court in the country. She became the
chief judge of the Southern District on
June 1,1982, and a senior U.S. District
judge on Oct. 1, 1986.
From 1945 to 1965, Motley worked
on all of the major school segregation
cases supported by the NAACP Legal
Defense Fund. Among the cases in
which she played a prominent role - in
addition to the University of Missis
sippi case, where she was chief counsel
-- arc the two University of Alabama
cases, and the Universities of Florida,
Oklahoma, Georgia, and Clemson Col
lege in South Carolina.
She also participated in major de
segregation cases involving housing,
transportation, recreation and public ac
commodations, and protest demonstra
tions.
Motley, on June 24,1962, succeeded
in getting an injunction lifted that had
been issued against protest demonstra
tors in Albany, Ga. She and other NAACP
Legal Defense Fund attorneys repre
sented Marring Luther King, Jr., the
Rev. Ralph Abernathy, the Rev. Fred L.
Shuttlesworth and thousands of others
who had been arrested in demonstra
tions in Birmingham and other cities.
Motley received her bachelors
degree from New York University,
Washington Squre College, and her L L £.
degree from Columbia University School
of Law. She has received 27 honorary
degrees and more than 70 awards from
professional, civic and religious organi
zations including the 1988 Gold Medal
Award from the New York State Bar
Association.
African Americans Encouraged to Join Ranks Of
Blood Donors
King Memorial Blood Drive to be Held
Wednesday, January 15
Many of the people who help deliver
Emanuel's high quality medical care are
residents right here in our own neighborhood.
Emanuel works with local schools and service
agencies to provide job training, scholarships
and opportunities for careers in healthcare.
Emanuel—helping to make our
community strong.
Emanuel Hospital
& Health Center
tivity and resourcefulness of commu
nity, educational, and cultural leaders.
The program historically galva
nizes community support in young
people and the schools. The program
addresses the need for greater under
standing of cultural heritage and diver
sity through music. The commitment
of the media to broadcast the program
extends a “ gesture of hope" to the
infirm and shut-in.
Special Features:
1. Senior citizens will be provided
free transportation.
2. Dr. Matthew Prophet and Dr.
Ernest Hartzog will be recognized for
their contributions to public education.
3. Admission is free to all.
For further information contact Ken
Berry, 280-5666/5892 or Bill Garbett,
Public Information Office, Portland
Public Schools, 249-3304.
First Black Woman Federal Judge Will
Speak On Civil Liberties In Honor Of
The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s
Birthday
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photo by The Skanner
Join us at our next information session
Congressman Ron Wyden and some of his younger
constituents at the Martin Luther King Jr.
Elementary School discuss public service and
other topics at a recent "Kids Town Meeting".
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MLK Jr. Blvd.
Tuesday Evenings
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■ ' Join us in our cru sad e to fulfill
this m ission of unity and econom ic stability.
blacks, it is imperative that we meet
this goal.”
African Americans also list fear of
needles and a false fear of contracting a
transmissible disease while donating as
reasons for not donating. Stoudamire •
says he also dislikes needles, but do
nates because of the need and the spe
cial contribution he makes as an Afri- ;
can American.
African Americans are also under
represented on the National Bone
Marrow Registry.
’’Last year, 186 African Ameri
cans nationwide needed bone marrow
transplants, only 11 of those individu
als found a match. Without a match,
most patients die,” Stoudamire said.
* ‘There are success stories to share
about matches, but not enough. African
American people who join the ranks as
blood donors are the key to more suc
cess stories and more lives saved.”
Typing for bone marrow transplants
is even more precise than blood typing:
Persons of specific ethnic groups are
more likely to find a tissue match from
people of the same ethnic background.
Stoudamire asks people to call Red
Cross, 284-0011, ext. 257, to schedule
a donation appointment. Donors must
be at least 17 years old, weigh a mini
mum of 110 pounds and be in good
health.
American Red Cross and the Al
bina Ministerial Alliance are hosting
the fourth annual Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. Memorial Blood Drive on
Wednesday, January 15, from 4 to 8
p.m., at Immaculate Heart Catholic
Church, 2926 N. Williams Avenue,
Portland.
According to American Red Cross
Safety and Health Education Director
Charles Stoudamire, honorary blood
drive chairman, organizers hope to
collect 50 pints of blood at the drirve:
In the past, no more than 30 units of
blood were collected.
“ Surveys published by the Na
tional Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
in 1990 indicated that the main reason
African Americans don’t donate blood
is that they have never been asked. Red
Cross is asking louder now than ever
before,” Stoudamire says.
Red Cross Pacific Northwest Re
gional Blood Services has a donor base
of more than 270,000 individuals.
According to Stoudamire, less than one
percent of the donor base is made up of
African Americans.
He says, “ Portland’s black popu
lation is seven percent: Red Cross’ goal
is seven percent African American rep
resentation on our donor files. With
changing demographics, and diseases
like sickle cell anemia, which impact
For more information contact:
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233-4945
281-0885
286-5544
248-8790
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' ‘If there is to be peace on
earth and good will toward
men, we must finally believe
in the ultimate morality o f the
universe, and believe that all
reality hinges on moral foun
dations."
Portland Memorial Coliseum
joins its neighbors in saluting
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Caring for the Land and Serving People
USDA Forest Service
Pacific Northwest Region
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